Soundcloud Launches In UK And Ireland For £9.99 Per Month

Like Spotify, but, you know. Not.

Music streaming services are ten-a-penny these days. Well, more like one-per-thousand-pennies perhaps. And yes, Soundcloud launches at the same thousand-penny price as Spotify, Apple Music and the rest.

As you might expect, the first month is free and you'll get full access to what Soundcloud terms as top 40 and underground. In fact the library is reported as being over 125 million tracks, which is a decent amount. Soundcloud is also a little bit more accessible for all musicians - not just famous ones - to post their music.

Big artists are present and correct, you can stream, say, Katy Perry but Taylor Swift only publishes the same music as you'd find on Spotify. This is a fairly standard argument for some artists, who dislike the idea that you have to offer music on a free tier as well as on the paid platform.

The free service for Soundcloud continues as ever. Music can still be streamed free, but ads will be placed between songs from today onward. Obviously the Soundcloud app will only allow you to save music for offline playback if you're a premium subscriber.